CREWS are working to remove 5,000 containers from the 11,850-TEU Ever Forward that's been stuck in the Chesapeake Bay, reports CBS News.
They will dredge 43 feet deep and two crane barges will be installed.
The containers will be removed during the daytime and taken to the Seagirt Marine Terminal in Baltimore.
'Salvage experts determined they would not be able to overcome the ground force of the Ever Forward in its current loaded condition,' said the US Coast Guard.
The ship first ran aground on March 13 when it became trapped in 24 feet of mud.
The first attempts to free the ship involved removing 84,000 cubic yards of mud from around its base as a way to refloat the ship.
Even then, the tugboats were unable to pull it free.
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They will dredge 43 feet deep and two crane barges will be installed.
The containers will be removed during the daytime and taken to the Seagirt Marine Terminal in Baltimore.
'Salvage experts determined they would not be able to overcome the ground force of the Ever Forward in its current loaded condition,' said the US Coast Guard.
The ship first ran aground on March 13 when it became trapped in 24 feet of mud.
The first attempts to free the ship involved removing 84,000 cubic yards of mud from around its base as a way to refloat the ship.
Even then, the tugboats were unable to pull it free.
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